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SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1989
50 TEAMS ENTER DRAGON BOAT RACES IN EASTERN
EASTERN DISTRICT WILL GET INTO THE TUEN NG FESTIVE MOOD WHEN ABOUT 50 TEAMS COMPETE IN DRAGON BOAT RACES ALONG THE COASTLINE OF CHAI WAN ON TUESDAY (JUNE 61 AND IN SHAU KEI WAN ON WEDNESDAY (JUNE 7).
THE CHAI WAN RACES, ORGANISED BY THE CHAI WAN FISHERMEN'S RECREATION CLUB, WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE CHAI WAN CARGO HANDLING BASIN FROM 8 AM TO 5 PM ON TUESDAY.
A TOTAL OF 18 TEAMS, REPRESENTING VARIOUS FISHERMEN GROUPS AND COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, WILL TAKE PART IN THE RACES.
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR DAVID LAN, WILL PRESENT TROPHIES TO THE WINNING TEAMS.
ON WEDNESDAY, RACES ORGANISED BY THE FISHERMEN SOCIETY OF HONG KONG WILL BE HELD ALONG THE COURSE OUTSIDE THE BREAKWATER OF ALDRICH BAY TYPHOON SHELTER. FROM 10 AM TO 5 PM.
THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, DR LAWRENCE LEE, WILL OFFICIATE AT THE PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY.
THE EASTERN DISTRICT BOARD HAS GIVEN A SUBSIDY OF $26,500 TO THE CHAI WAN FISHERMEN'S RECREATION CLUB AND OF $40,150 TO THE FISHERMEN SOCIETY OF HONG KONG TO MEET COSTS IN ORGANISING THE RACES,
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER BOTH EVENTS.
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON. MR DAVID LAN, WILL ARRIVE AT THE CHAI WAN CARGO HANDLING BASIN (NEXT TO THE OLD CHAI WAN FERRY PIER AT 4 PM ON TUESDAY (JUNE 61.
THE DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES, WILL ARRIVE AT THE VIP STAND SET UP IN THE SHAU KEI FISH MARKET AT 3.30 PM ON WEDNESDAY.
DR
LAWRENCE LEE,
WAN
WHOLESALE
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